Sola Caritas is a social enterprise that helps charities gain donations, volunteers, and promotions for their cause for free. We do this by helping companies market themselves online, then linking each online ad‐view with a donation to charities chosen by the viewer.
This is where our "Donate for Free" tool comes to the picture:
1. Companies load their video advertisements onto SolaCaritas.com;
2. upon completely viewing the ad, up to 50% of the ad fees paid to Sola Caritas will go to a charity of that user's choice.
3. Users can then complete a quick multiple‐choice survey, which results in an additional contribution - by the advertising company - to the same charity.
We also allow charities to post any volunteering opportunities and events they have, and users can find the one they are interested in and sign up for them. This way we help users to find volunteering opportunities that best fit their schedules as well as help charities to find more volunteers.
2. "Donate for Free",right..,so I don't have to pay?
YES! Users like you do not have to pay anything from your own pocket. Isn't it amazing that you can watch an interesting ad, donate to your charity and helping someone less fortunate -all at the same time!
3. Who are the people that Sola Caritas work with?
List of Partner Charities -
List of Partner Companies-
4. How does Sola Caritas select charity and company?
We have a standard ethic policy to guide us when we are choosing our partner companies. Please click the following link to view our ethic policy:
For Partner Charities, we make sure that they are registered charities or NGOs. We assure you that they are all legitimate. Don't worry!
5. I see Sola Caritas works with charitie...is Sola Caritas itself a charity too?
Sola Caritas is not a charity; it is a for-profit organization. Sola Caritas contributes up to 50% of the advertisement earnings to charity selected by the user. Sola Caritas regards itself as an innovative driver in gaining more funds for charities.
6. What is recommended video?
Sola Caritas is not a charity; it is a for-profit organization. Sola Caritas contributes up to 50% of the advertisement earnings to charity selected by the user. Sola Caritas regards itself as an innovative driver in gaining more funds for charities.
7. I don't see any recommended videos in my recommended video widget, what should I do?
Please press the "Donate for Free" link and search for videos either by searching for a specific company's video or by searching for a specific charity to donate to. However, do remember that videos not recommended to you generate less funds towards your chosen charity.
8. So how much am I contributing by using the "Donate for Free" tool?
Right, people always concern about return and how much their effort worth. First off, let me give you some facts - Sola Caritas receives $0.25 for every complete video view, $0.75 for every survey completed, Sola Caritas now has 14 demographic fields, and Sola Caritas has recommended videos and non-recommended videos.
Now we come to the calculation for recommended videos :
Amount of donation per advertisement viewed: %demographic completed * 0.5 * 0.25
Amount of donation per survey completed: %demographic completed * 0.5 * 0.75
For example, if you provide 14 of the 14 and you views an advertisement and completes a Survey, Sola Caritas shall make the following Contribution to the charity you have chosen:
(100% x 50% x $0.25) + (100% x 50% x $0.75)
= $0.125 + $0.375
= $0.50 raised for a charity with little work that you have to do!
Now we come to the calculation for non-recommended videos :
Amount of donation per advertisement viewed: $0.05
Note that no survey is required to be completed.
9. Each donation seems very little....I am not sure how much an impact I can make to the society.
Do you know that it only takes around $35 to raise a kid in Africa for a month? If you have completed all the demographic information, it only takes you 70 recommended videos advertisement and completed 70 short surveys. If each of them is 30 seconds, which is less than an hour of work on Sola Caritas (time to complete surveys is already factored in!) to save a kid for a month. If you work with 10 friends together, that is only about 2 videos and 2 surveys completed. I am sure you can spare a few minutes per month to save a kid!
Remember, all effort counts! Let's work together to gather all little effort to make an impact to the worth (as well as enjoying videos you like at the same time)!
10. Does Sola Caritas really give the money to the charities?
We notify our users how much we are giving to our partner charities. The number would be approved by our partner charities to make sure that the numbers are correct.
Charities have a database of how much each person has contributed to their funds through Sola Caritas. So you can contact the charities to double check the number you number you have on your dashboard and the number in their database. You know how much your effort has contributed (by tracking on your dashboard everytime you view an advertisement and perhaps completing a survey) and by comparing with the number the charity has, you know we are really giving the money to the charities!
Demographic Concerns
1. Why should I fill in the demographic information?
The more you fill in, more money will be given to your favourite charities! Please refer to - FAQ: So how much am I contributing by using the "Donate for Free" tool? - for more information on how much we give to charity.
2. How will Sola Caritas use the information I provide on Sola Caritas?
We will give the demographic information you provide (exclude any personal information that can identify you) to our partner companies every time you view their advertisement. We will also give relevant information to charities when you sign up their volunteering opportunities and/or events.
That's it! Want to learn more? Please refer to our privacy agreement:
Technical Queries
1. Something is wrong with the website. What should I do?
Send us an email at webmaster@solacaritas.com Please include in the email: what the problem(s) is/are and where you saw it/them. Thank you very much!
We try our very best to give you the best experience on Sola Caritas.
2. I suspect someone is using my account without my consent. What should I do?
Please check if any changes is made to your account and there is any, please write them down and email us at webmaster@solacaritas.com and we will try to change it back (however, we cannot change the money raised to charities if it happens that he/she used your account to view advertisements).
If he/she changed your login information, please go to forgot your password to retrieve your login information (your password will be sent to your mailbox). We advise you to change your login information as soon as possible.
Others
1. Inappropriate Content!
If you found any inappropriate content on our website, first go through our ethic policy and content policy, and see if the content contradicts with the policies we set. If it does, please contact us at inappropriate@solacaritas.com. We will follow up with your concern and make sure that the content will be deleted if we consider as inappropriate.
Thank you very much!
2. It says I'm underage!
We do not accept anyone under 13 to register on our website. Please forgive us! We are just following the law and we think that this will ensure our users are protected.
3. How do I make suggestions?
If you are a registered user, please go to your dashboard and use the "Improve My Community" widget to give us your valuable suggestions.
Thank you very much! We appreciate your help and effort to make Sola Caritas better.
4. Can I delete my account?
Yes. Please go to your dashboard and use the "My House" widget to manage your account. Before your actually do that, please tell us why you want to delete your account by using the "Improve My Community" widget! We appreciate any suggestions or criticism of our website.
Forum
1. What should I do if someone on Sola Caritas forum posted offensive comments?
Sola Caritas respects freedom of speech but we do not tolerate any offensive comments towards any organization or person on our platform. Please check our flaming policy at: If you find inappropriate comments are posted on Sola Caritas forum, please contact us at forum@solacaritas.com and tell us when you saw them. We will check them and take any actions needed!
2. Why is my post gone?
Sola Caritas has the right to delete any inappropriate posts on the forum. Please check with our flaming policy to see what we deem to be inappropriate:
If you think that we have made a mistake, we apologize for causing any inconvenience. Please contact us at Send us an email at webmaster@solacaritas.com immediately.
3. Why can't I post a comment in one of the company/charity discussion?
Company and charity have the rights to stop any of their discussion for whatever reasons. Please contact them directly by using the contact information they put on their profile page if you have any comments you want them to know.
Students-run school groups as Sola Caritas's Partner Charities
1. What exactly is this opportunity? Is it for students of any age?
We allow students groups that raise money for any non-profit organization to join Sola Caritas as our partner charities. That means if your group join Sola Caritas under this program, you can be receiving money from us just like other charities on our website. Please refer to "What is Sola Caritas" in our FAQ to see how your student group can receive money from us like our partner charities.
We accept any student groups from secondary schools to universities to join this program! Please feel free to contact us at studentgroup@solacaritas.com to sign up for it. It's a great opportunity for you to help raise funds to your favourite charities!
2. What are the requirements?
1. Must be a student group from secondary schools, high schools or universities
2. Your group must solely be raising funds for one or a few non-profit organization(s)
3. We need your school to prove that they recognize you as a legitimate student group in the school.
4. We need the non-profit organization(s) you are sponsoring to send us a letter to say that they know you will be giving money to them by raising funds on Sola Caritas.
That's it! Let's put them into actions and start raising funds!
3. What are my obligations?
You will be given a profile page to tell other people about your student group. Please fill that in as much as possible. We will give you a list of partner companies we have and you have to tell us which ones your student group do not want to be associated with. This is crucial in determining whether your student group can receive money from our partner companies. We suggest you to get advice from the non-profit organization(s) your group is supporting. By doing these, you would have covered all the basics. BUT...
Here are some of our suggestions:
Tell your friends to register and to start watching advertisements to raise money for your student group! If you have any events that your student group is running, you can also post them up onto our platform. We suggest you to post pictures and videos to make it more interesting when people visit your profile page.
4. The companies we work with are not on your website. What should we do?
It's great to hear that your group is working with some companies already! Please refer us to them and we will try to get them to join Sola Caritas. We want to get a wide range of companies onto our platform. You can tell them to contact us at studentgroup@solacaritas.com
Media Inquiries
1. I would like to write about Sola Caritas.
Great! We would love to tell you our stories. Please quickly contact us at media@solacaritas.com
2. Do you guys have any promotional materials I can use to promote to my students / volunteers?
Yes! If you are a teacher or a staff from a charity, please feel free to contact us at media@solacaritas.com and we will send you our promotional materials. Thank you very much for your interest and helping us to introduce Sola Caritas to more people.
Partner Companies Queries
1. Can I post multiple videos up on the website with different demographics?
Yes, definitely. It's all up to YOU.
2. How often do we get reports on our ads and how many times been watched?
You can always check the information on your videos by logging onto our website and clicking into the "Advertising Manger" widget. All the information on your dashboard is real-time so do not worry that the data you see might be outdated.
That being said, we do generate monthly reports to tell you how much you have contributed to each charity, the number of people who have watched your video(s), the demographics of the viewers...etc
3. What do I have to beware of when I upload videos?
* Please remember to specify the demographics you want to show your video to because videos will only be showed to those, who have the demographics you specify, in the recommended video widget.
* If your video is only suitable for people above 18, please check specify it when you upload the video (there should be a checkbox for you to check it so that the system will stop anyone under 18 from watching the video). If you didn't specify it as 18+ video and it causes any complains, damages, lawsuits, Sola Caritas is not liable for it.
* You can put a cap on the total number of viewers of that video and the amount of views per day per video. You can also specify the amount of budget you have for each video. Please choose the one that best suits your marketing strategy.
4. I want to collect more demographic information
Feel free to tell us what you want to know more about our users. We will review your requests to make sure that it coincides with our privacy agreement and afterwards we will add them to our system.
5. I do not like some of the functions and I would like to add some other functions on the website.
Please feel free to send us suggestions at suggestion@solacaritas.com. We believe that by opening up to opinions and criticism, it helps to improve our website. We will review all your comments and try to implement all the suggestions you have made.
6. What is the C2C widget about?
The C2C is created for charities and companies to better facilitate potential partnerships (such as hosting an event together, sponsoring an event) and also protecting both parties from receiving spam at the same time. You, as a company, can send out a message to one of our partner companies/charities by using the C2C widget. The company/charity then has the right to reply your request or ignore your request. If they choose to respond to your request, they will contact you directly, but not through Sola Caritas.
You, as a company, can always choose to close this C2C widget if you do not want to receive any request from other companies or charities.
7. How come we don't receive the full $0.125 per view?
The amount donated is related to how many demographics field the user had filled in. Please refer to "Contribution to Charities" in the FAQ for information and example on how the contribution is calculated.
8. What should I do if I decide not to be associated with a company that we didn't mind associating with before?
We understand that each charity has straight policies on which companies it can associate with. Please immediately send us an email and we will stop any more contribution made to you from that company as soon as possible. Please gives us 24 hours to make the relevant changes. Any contribution made by the users watching the advertisements from that company during this period will still count as contribution made to your charity.
9. How often does newsletters come?
The newsletters from us with updates come once a month and will be mailed to you. You will receive the current amount of money owed to you, the demographics of the users who have supported your charity this past month and year-to-date, your current list of partner companies, and a list of new companies that would like to contribute to you.
10. What do we need to keep updated on SC?
We recommend you to update your volunteering opportunities, events, photos and videos from time to time so that it always looks fresh to the users. Connect more with users who have added you as favourtie charities by sending out news feed to them via the "News Manager" on your charity dashboard.
11. I do not like some of the functions and I would like to add some other functions on the website.
Please feel free to send us suggestions at suggestion@solacaritas.com. We believe that by opening up to opinions and criticism, it helps to improve our website. We will review all your comments and try to implement all the suggestions you have made.
12. What is the C2C widget about?
The C2C is created for charities and companies to better facilitate potential partnerships (such as hosting an event together, sponsoring an event) and also protecting both parties from receiving spam at the same time. You, as a company, can send out a message to one of our partner companies/charities by using the C2C widget. The company/charity then has the right to reply your request or ignore your request. If they choose to respond to your request, they will contact you directly, but not through Sola Caritas.
You, as a company, can always choose to close this C2C widget if you do not want to receive any request from other companies or charities.
Partner Charities Queries
1. How come we don't receive the full $0.125 per view?
The amount donated is related to how many demographics field the user had filled in. Please refer to "Contribution to Charities" in the FAQ for information and example on how the contribution is calculated.
2. What should I do if I decide not to be associated with a company that we didn't mind associating with before?
We understand that each charity has straight policies on which companies it can associate with. Please immediately send us an email and we will stop any more contribution made to you from that company as soon as possible. Please gives us 24 hours to make the relevant changes. Any contribution made by the users watching the advertisements from that company during this period will still count as contribution made to your charity.
3. How often does newsletters come?
The newsletters from us with updates come once a month and will be mailed to you. You will receive the current amount of money owed to you, the demographics of the users who have supported your charity this past month and year-to-date, your current list of partner companies, and a list of new companies that would like to contribute to you.
4. What do we need to keep updated on SC?
We recommend you to update your volunteering opportunities, events, photos and videos from time to time so that it always looks fresh to the users. Connect more with users who have added you as favourtie charities by sending out news feed to them via the "News Manager" on your charity dashboard.
5. I do not like some of the functions and I would like to add some other functions on the website.
Please feel free to send us suggestions at suggestion@solacaritas.com. We believe that by opening up to opinions and criticism, it helps to improve our website. We will review all your comments and try to implement all the suggestions you have made.
6. What is the C2C widget about?
The C2C is created for charities and companies to better facilitate potential partnerships (such as hosting an event together, sponsoring an event) and also protecting both parties from receiving spam at the same time. You, as a charity, can send out a message to one of our partner companies/charities by using the C2C widget. The company/charity then has the right to reply your request or ignore your request. If they choose to respond to your request, they will contact you directly, but not through Sola Caritas.
You, as a charity, can always choose to close this C2C widget if you do not want to receive any request from other companies or charities.
